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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Passes to Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of...
CHICAGO– Highly anticipated! In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 50 pairs of advance-screening passes plus 3 soundtracks up for grabs for...
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Interview: Director Adam McKay Stays Classy for ‘Anchorman 2’
CHICAGO– The comedy juggernaut of Adam McKay and Will Ferrell is about to descend on the holiday movie season with “Anchorman 2,” the sequel to the popular first film. McKay is the behind-the-scenes...
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Film Review: ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ Defies Pattern of Comedy...
Comedy sequels are SO rarely worthwhile. Most good comedy is dependent on being fresh, new, and unpredictable – words not commonly uses to describe sequels. For every “Wayne’s World 2,” there are a...
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Blu-ray Review: Riveting ‘Prisoners’ Connects Even on Repeat Viewing
Denis Villeneuve’s “Prisoners” seems to have been lost in the awards season conversation and that’s a shame. Not only is Richard Deakins’ cinematography some of the best in his career but Jake...
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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 5 Blu-ray Combo Packs of ‘Despicable Me 2’ with...
CHICAGO– In the latest HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Combo Pack with our unique social giveaway technology, we have 5 free Blu-ray and DVD combo packs up for grabs for the highly anticipated home...
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Interview: Actor Oscar Isaac Goes Deep ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’
CHICAGO– One of more memorable performances of 2013 is from an actor who has been a bit under the radar – Oscar Isaac. After character parts in several familiar films, like “The Nativity Story,”...
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Film Review: Joe Swanberg Hits Again with Gentle ‘All the Light in the Sky’
Joe Swanberg had quite a year. In the same summer, he appeared in the horror hit “You’re Next” and saw his most high-profile success in the excellent “Drinking Buddies” with Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson,...
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Film Review: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Resonates Like Long-Lost Folk Masterpiece
Films about musicians are remarkably common. Artists from one medium have always loved to put themselves in the well-worn shoes of craftsmen from another. Most of them are stories of an underrated...
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Film Review: Spike Jonze’s ‘Her’ is Masterful Commentary on Connection
How do we connect with other people? Why do we often push away those we need and stay with those we don’t? Why do we hold on to relationships long after they have stopped working? Is a physical...
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Film Review: Even Kids Might Run from ‘Walking with Dinosaurs 3D’
CHICAGO– “Walking with Dinosaurs” depicts the magnificent titular creatures in stunning realism and 3D vision, and then proceeds to give them line readings with the equivalent sophistication of Archie...
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Film Review: Neil LaBute Spins a Tale on ‘Some Velvet Morning’
CHICAGO– Writer/Director Neil LaBute has a righteous reputation as a harsh social critic, especially in the arena of relationships between men and women. To past films like “In the Company of Men,”...
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Blu-ray Review: Fascinating Satire of ‘Investigation of a Citizen Above...
Elio Petri’s “Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion,” winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and Grand Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, has been inducted into the Criterion...
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Blu-ray Review: Great Release of ‘Mary Poppins’ Tied to ‘Saving Mr. Banks’
Disney knows how to cross-promote better than anyone in the business. With “Saving Mr. Banks” hitting theaters and earning Oscar buzz for Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson, it makes total sense to re-release...
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Film Review: Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ is Cinematic Adrenalin
Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) lives completely, entirely in the moment. It’s not that there’s no tomorrow, there’s not even “later that same day” in his world. People who make their living on the...
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What to Watch: Dec. 17-31, 2013
And so 2013 ends with one final What to Watch to carry you through to 2014. Have some gift card money burning a hole in your wallet? Want something to stream while your family bickers over the holiday?...
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Film Review: Frustrating Journey Into ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’
I so want to love Ben Stiller’s “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” Stiller’s directorial work on films like “The Cable Guy” and “Tropic Thunder” was underrated, the source material is great, the...
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Interview: Director Justin Chadwick of ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’
CHICAGO– When South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela died on December 5th, there was a sense in the media that yes, he was a “great man,” but how he affected social change seemed lost in...
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Film Review: Two Old Stars Roast Their Images in ‘Grudge Match’
CHICAGO– Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro – between them they have over 150 film credits in careers stretching back to the 1960s. Two of their most famous roles, boxers Rocky and the Raging Bull,...
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Film Review: Legacy Matters in ‘Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’
CHICAGO– The memory of South Africa freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, who passed away on December 5th, is filled with deserved accolades and iconography. Director Justin Chadwick and actor Idris Elba...
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Film Review: Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ a Deliciously Gluttonous...
CHICAGO– No matter how painfully bad it may be, I never walk out of a screening. It’s a professional rule I’ve set and keep it at all costs. But with Martin Scorsese’s latest stroke of genius, I...
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